Infuriating or Other Predictions for the 2023 Baseball Season and Cards

[todeen]

The first signs of a full "hard-landing" recession will be evident by September, after continued banking difficulties, dried up credit lines, and another interest rate hike. Inflation will still not be under control. Right now it's a white-collar recession among tech employees. If this continues, we will witness the beginning of an exodus from sports cards by Christmas, and next years card production numbers will be trimmed because breakers are ordering fewer cases since those with the deepest pockets are prioritizing their budgets.

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Originally Posted by todeen

The first signs of a full "hard-landing" recession will be evident by September, after continued banking difficulties, dried up credit lines, and another interest rate hike. Inflation will still not be under control. Right now it's a white-collar recession among tech employees. If this continues, we will witness the beginning of an exodus from sports cards by Christmas, and next years card production numbers will be trimmed because breakers are ordering fewer cases since those with the deepest pockets are prioritizing their budgets.

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I don't think so. If anything, having less disposable income will only drive people to breaking. You spend $30 or $40 at a time breaking and you don't realize that you've participated in 10 breaks over the last 4 days because you only spent $40 at a time, which always seems manageable.

Especially when the alternative is paying $400 upfront for a box yourself. Things even out in the end if you buy into a million breaks, but breakers count on you not noticing that.